Slavia Prague vs Sheriff Tiraspol prediction: EUROPE: Europa League – Group Stage betting tips on match 2023-10-04 19:00.
Slavia Prague got what is their seventh consecutive appearance in the group stages of a European competition off to the best possible start, when beginning their UEFA Europa League (UEL) campaign with a 2-0 win over Swiss side Servette. That result is nested in what’s been a particularly productive 12 months for Jindřich Trpišovský’s men, who’ve suffered only three defeats in 47 matches since October last year (W34, D10).
With that sort of record behind them the red and whites ought to be confident they can secure passage out of UEL Group G and into the knockouts, a dream that will certainly come true if they can continue their impressive form of five wins from their last six UEL group games (L1). And with a record of just three losses in their last 23 European matches overall at the Fortuna Arena, it would be a huge surprise if Slavia didn’t confirm their short odds for this match and take another step towards the knockout stages (W14, D6).
Their Moldovan visitors Sheriff Tiraspol will embark on their sixth visit to the Czech Republic in search of an elusive victory on Czech soil (D3, L2), and just a second win against sides from there overall (D5, L4). Two of those prior draws came in a two-legged UEFA Champions League third round qualifier in 2009/10, where the Sheriff squeezed past Slavia on away goals.
The Yellow-Blacks were put on the back foot in the opener in what is their sixth UEL group stage venture, losing 2-1 to last season’s runners-up Roma on the opening day. Another victoryless voyage here will make progressing past the group stages in this competition for the first time incredibly difficult, a reality they may have to face since they’ve won just two of their 16 away UEL matches (D5, L9).
Key battle: Slavia defender Igoh Ogbu hasn’t only helped keep three clean sheets in his last four games, but netting against Servette saw him score the sixth of his eight career goals after half-time. He’ll be looking to keep Sheriff’s Luvannor quiet, since he’s undefeated in his last 14 goalscoring outings (W11, D3).
Hot stat: There have been less than 2.5 goals scored in ten of Slavia’s last 12 matches.